SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Jan. 16, 2024) – From Greenville to Spartanburg.

The ETSU men's basketball team returns to the Palmetto State as the Buccaneers meet Wofford on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. inside Richardson Indoor Stadium. 
 
GAME INFO
DATE: Wednesday, Jan. 17
TIME: 7 p.m. 
LOCATION: Spartanburg, S.C. (Richardson Indoor Stadium)  
TEAMS: ETSU (9-8, 1-3) at Wofford (10-7, 3-1) 
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: WoffordTerriers.com
RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 | 104.9 NASH ICON (Jay Sandos)
TWITTER: @ETSU_MBB
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU has dropped three straight and is 9-8 overall and 1-3 in SoCon play 
• The Bucs have lost to UNCG, Western Carolina and Furman during this stretch 
• Jaden Seymour is coming off a 23-point effort at Furman last Saturday 
• Seymour has scored at least 20 points five times this season 
• In four SoCon games, Seymour is averaging 17 points and 4.8 rebounds, while Quimari Peterson is posting 14.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals in four league games 
• ETSU ranks 32nd nationally in offensive rebounds per game (13.2) … Individually, Ebby Asamoah ranks 29th in three-point attempts (134), 35th in three-pointers made per game (2.9) and 49th in total made threes (47) … Jadyn Parker ranks 30th in total blocks (47), Quimari Peterson is 48th in steals (34) and Karon Boyd is 35th in offensive rebounds per game (3.3)
• Since the start of the 2015-16 campaign, ETSU has won 95 SoCon games, marking the third-most during this span … UNCG and Furman both have won 105 games, Wofford has 91 and Chattanooga is at 77 
• Since Feb. 16, 1987 in a game against Davidson, the Bucs have made at least one 3-pointer in 1,141 consecutive games ... ETSU was 0-for-8 in that 1987 game ... With Western Kentucky going 0-for-21 from beyond the arc on Nov. 9 at Wichita State, the Bucs now have the third-longest streak in the country behind Duke and UNLV … UNLV tops the list with 1,208 games
• The 2023-24 Buccaneer roster features 15 players ... ETSU's roster consists of one graduate player, two redshirt juniors, four juniors, one redshirt sophomore, three sophomores and four freshmen … Three players hail from North Carolina and Indiana, and one each from Tennessee, Iowa, West Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland
• The Bucs return four players from last year's roster who logged minutes, including starters Jaden Seymour and Allen Strothers, along with Justice Smith and Braden Ilic … Overall, ETSU only returns 29 percent of its scoring, 37 percent of its rebounding and 38 percent of its minutes played in 2022-23 … Seymour totaled 253 points, 218 rebounds and 1,793 minutes, Smith posted 237 points, 111 rebounds and 683 minutes, while Allen Strothers recorded 109 points, 51 rebounds and 776 minutes and Braden Ilic added for 46 points, 33 rebounds and 199 minutes
• After losing three starters and eight players from last year's team, head coach Brooks Savage and his staff brought in 11 new guys for the 2023-24 season … Seven of the Bucs are transfers – Ebby Asamoah (Delaware), Karon Boyd (USC Aiken), DJ Hughes (Butler), Jadyn Parker (North Florida), Quimari Peterson (John A. Logan), Tyler Rice (William & Mary) and Timmy Fasehun (Gulf Coast State College) … Four Bucs are true freshmen – Maki Johnson (Huntington Prep), Gabe Sisk (Ballard HS), Jaxson Jones (The Skill Factory) and David Meriwether (Lawrence North HS)

ABOUT WOFFORD

• Wofford has won four of its last five games and sits at 10-7 overall and 3-1 in SoCon play
• The Terriers are coming off a 72-71 road win at The Citadel on Saturday 
• All four of Wofford's conference games have been decided by four points or less – the Terriers defeated The Citadel and Mercer by one, while taking down VMI by two in overtime … Wofford's lone SoCon setback was at Western Carolina (70-66)
• Wofford is 6-0 at home this season 
• As a team, the Terriers are averaging 78.8 points and allowing 75.7
• The Terriers have four players averaging double figures in scoring with Corey Tripp leading the team at 16.2 points per game … Kyler Filewich is at 10.5 point and 9.5 rebounds, while Dillon Bailey – who is averaging 13.4 points per game – leads the team with 36 made three-pointers 
• Overall, the Terriers have three players who have netted at least 30 three-pointers 
• Wofford ranks 21st nationally in three-pointers made per game (9.8) and is 32nd in defensive rebounds per game (28.4)

SERIES HISTORY 

• Wednesday marks the 59th all-time meeting with ETSU leading the series, 41-17
• The Bucs swept the series a year ago with ETSU winning in Spartanburg (73-71) and capturing a 25-point win in Johnson City (77-52)
• In ETSU's win at Wofford on Dec. 29, 2022, Justice Smith poured in 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Jaden Seymour added six points and eight rebounds
• The Bucs have dropped seven of their last 10 to the Terriers in Spartanburg 

UP NEXT 
ETSU returns home to host Chattanooga on Sunday, Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. on ESPN2. 
  
For more information on ETSU men's basketball, go to ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's basketball tab.